Douglas Amend, Partner, Optimized Outcome Solutions. If you have responsibility for your company’s workers’ compensation budget, I think you will find value in this different perspective.  My experience speaking at numerous conventions suggests that “Employers/Payors […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In the wake of health-related job displacement, individuals often grapple with more than just physical ailments; they face a daunting emotional and mental journey. The Kind Souls Foundation, under the adept […]

Disruptors. The promise of tomorrow for some, the end of the line for others.  Innovation has been the topic du jour at several recent workers’ compensation conventions.  As an innovator in a different way to […]

By Donita Stacker, Sr. Manager, Operations, Apricus, an Enlyte company When a 33-year-old man, we’ll call Bill, was grievously injured at work, the last thing he expected he would need as part of his recovery […]

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Thanks to our Dr. Claire Muselman, I just this week learned who Chuck Feeney was. Feeney's been in the headlines lately because of his recent passing at age 92 and what […]

Workers’ Comp has two distinct aspects in the provision of care.  There is the obligatory requirements under the “grand bargain” and then there are the emerging patient engagement strategies being discussed at State and National […]

These two words capture two distinct understandings of how to reduce Workers’ Compensation claims costs. The current hot topic of “patient engagement” has a lot to do with monitoring technology with the emergence of wearables […]

The 2023 WCI Convention in Orlando was very much about the future of workers’ comp. The celebrity keynote by Bill Walton was the follow-up on an exploration of AI and other tools that are likely […]